Wee Waa Swimming Club was represented by a team of about 25 at Saturday’s Swimming Gunnedah Long Course Qualifying meet at the Gunnedah Memorial Pool. Wee Waa swimmers achieved plenty of personal best times and places, and had great fun at the carnival. James Gleeson...
The practice of ‘pork-barrelling’ must be as old as politics itself. The modern term has come from American English (around the 1860s) when it was used to describe how politicians favoured certain areas with grants and special projects in order to ensure votes for the...
To the people of Narrabri: At a meeting of the Narrabri RSL Women’s Auxiliary (Auxiliary) on Tuesday, December 1, 2019, the attending six members voted to close the Auxiliary. There were several reason for this decision. On December 1, 2019, RSL NSW introduced a new...
A former Wee Waa resident had the best seat in the house for the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race on December 26. Emily Grellman, daughter of David and Sharon Grellman, travelled for five days on the Young Endeavour which accompanied and followed the annual...
The Narrabri Shire was treated to some much-needed rain late last week which continued into the weekend. Thank you to Max Pringle for sending in this glorious poem about the rain. We hope there is much more to come. There’s something falling from the sky That young...
A freakish weather event has been captured 30 kilometres east of Moree during yesterday's welcome storm. A tornado funnel cloud and the subsequent touchdown occurred on Thursday afternoon. The images were captured by Tony Boughton on property ‘Cheecomb’ which is...
Narrabri and North West District ADFAS held its AGM and Christmas get together in December. The organisation has had another successful year of lectures at the Crossing Theatre. Chairman Jenny Falkiner thanked the members of the committee for hosting the visiting...
Tonight's Coates Hire Namoi Super Slog T20 matches have been called off following yesterday's rain, with the NDCA curators unable to prepare wickets for the matches scheduled to be played at Collins Park and Hogan Oval. All four teams will receive four points each and...
One of Narrabri’s biggest events on not just the sporting calendar but the entire Narrabri Shire community calendar, the Narrabri Carp Muster, has been cancelled for 2020. The Narrabri Amateur Fishing Club said that the annual event had been cancelled “due to the dire...
The Tamworth Harness Racing Club held a meeting at the Tamworth Paceway last night which was attended by five local pacers. One of those was victorious, while another two placed second or third. Kid Montana made his first start at the Tamworth Paceway since being...
Local cricketers Sid Harvey (Narrabri) and Clay Hoffman (Burren Junction) have both been selected to play for Country Sixers Northern NSW teams at the NSW Cricket State Challenge next week in their respective age groups. 14-year-old Sid will compete in the under-14s...
Karla’s Swim Team duo Toby Michell-Smith and Tayla Nott both competed exceptionally well at Tamworth City Swimming Club’s long course qualifying carnival at Scully Park on Sunday. 12-year-old Tayla raced to two Country times. One of those was in the 100m backstroke...